First they ignore you: Rahul Gandhi’s swipe at Centre over fast-tracking approval for foreign vaccines

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the Centre over fast-tracking emergency approval for foreign-produced anti-coronavirus vaccines on Twitter.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cited a quote of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday to imply that the Central government's decision to fast-track emergency approval for foreign-produced anti-coronavirus vaccines had been prompted by his party's suggestions.Rahul Gandhi had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, urging the government to fast-track approval for vaccines. After failing as a part-time politician, has Rahul Gandhi switched to full time lobbying? First he lobbied for fighter plane companies by trying to derail India’s acquisition programme. Now he is lobbying for pharma companies by asking for arbitrary approvals for foreign vaccines “First they ignore youthen they laugh at youthen they fight you,then you win.”#vaccine pic.twitter.com/FvfmTjJ7bl BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had then accused Gandhi of lobbying for pharma companies by asking for arbitrary approval for foreign vaccines.